Comments | cleolinda: On the fifth day of Sparklemas...

cleolinda

On the fifth day of Sparklemas...

Jun 28, 2010 10:06

... my blogger gave to me: IIIIIIIII'M NOT A FAAAAAAAN.

MSNBC: Why doesn’t ‘Twilight’ have a Team Bella?

And there I am, front and center--described as "Cleolinda Jones, a 31-year-old 'Twilight' fan from Birmingham, Ala," in a turn of phrase that elicited great chagrin on Twitter.

( What does it mean to be a fan? )

twilight, interviews, twitter, sparkle motion, edward cat, m15m, sparklemas, we do not speak of it

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insomniacafe547 June 28 2010, 16:07:48 UTC

*peeps*
I got pre-show tickets so I'm seeing it on Tuesday evening. Want me to fill you in on whether David Slade did, indeed, make it awesome?

cleolinda June 28 2010, 16:18:55 UTC

Oh, let me be surprised. I've heard a ton of advance squee from fans who went to screening events, though. I have yet to hear a single negative reaction, which is a bit startling.

insomniacafe547 June 28 2010, 16:39:35 UTC

That is startling - Twilight caught a lot of flack the first time it came out, I think. But then again, the vampires in that movie weren't ~ACTUAL VAMPIRES~ and they were just sitting around talking and having Linkin Park concerts, etc. Drawing on what you posted on David Slade "bringing the violence back", I really think people are going to enjoy this movie more because of the action scenes - especially the boyfriends and husbands, who would now go almost willingly, entranced by promises of "vampire-werewolf faceoff" and "dismemberment" and, zomfg, "BEHEADING".

Heh. If there are fans who would give negative/snarky reactions, they would probably be my younger sister and I. We're planning on wearing our Hogwarts robes and casting the Killing Curse on Bella.

mallmouse June 28 2010, 17:49:10 UTC

But the same thing had happened with Bad Moon, no?

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xerinmichellex June 28 2010, 16:10:08 UTC

I like how this Operation: Save Edward Cullen Cat cat adoption has turned into a three-man operation. Animal adoptions from the shelter are sooo much quicker. Just fill out a couple forms--in which the questions are hilarious--and you've got a brand new pet. I hope everything works out.

jade_sabre_301 June 28 2010, 16:24:03 UTC

1) Oh no, based on the age group of all the other women they interviewed for that MSNBC article, Cleo, you look like you might be a...Twimom. *sob*

2) WHAT THEY THINK BELLA IS MORE REALASKLDFJ;ASDF REALISTIC THAN AL;SDKJFAD HERMIONE GRANGER WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

*cries in the corner, looking to regain shreds of rationality*

cleolinda June 28 2010, 16:36:23 UTC

OH GOD. Yeah, I think by the technical definition of the Twilight Moms site, you only really have to be 25+. You don't have to have kids at all.

I would like to suggest a corollary where someone who does not have kids can self-identify as a Twimom, so as to participate in the community, but someone who does not self-identify cannot be libeled labeled a Twimom by a third party. Because, seriously. I can't live with that. I'm not a fan and I'm not a mom, white chocolate is neither white nor chocolate, YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME.

chibimitch June 29 2010, 14:30:07 UTC

TWENTY FUCKIN FIVE?!?!? You've got to be kidding me. I'm 26 and now absolutely horrified to find out I could be labeled as such. W.T.F!

rhoda_rants June 29 2010, 16:03:18 UTC

Well obviously, because any female over 25 must SURELY be a mom, or looking to become one, because that's what we do, isn't it?

Yours truly is 27 and adamantly does not want children.

*facepalm*

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sevenmarie June 28 2010, 17:09:41 UTC

"windowintheface: "Of course no one wants to adopt me. I'm a monster."
cleolinda: Tiny, masochistic lion!"

inappropriately loud laughter at work is inappropriate

melydia June 28 2010, 17:38:34 UTC

Only sort of on topic: I recently read The Host (I don't know why, so don't ask), and by the end of it I wanted to remove "sob," "chagrin," and "in a low voice" from Meyer's lexicon. I'd been led to believe that because she was writing for an adult audience that her writing was improved over the Twilight books. Sadly, that is not the case.

Just in case you were feeling masochistic and wanted to read it, for some reason.

i personally read it... starnightmuse June 28 2010, 18:07:52 UTC

and i found it better than Twilight by far.

I actually liked all the characters, and Wanda.

so out of curiosity, other than the pointed repeated vocabulary, what you didn't liked about it?

Re: i personally read it... melydia June 28 2010, 18:15:34 UTC

I found the love triangle unbelievable and the ethical dilemmas resolved inadequately. For example, I'm not sure I buy the idea of a body being physically in love. I was bored a lot, waiting for the characters to catch up to what I'd figured out two chapters ago. In its favor, I thought the various alien species Wanda describes to be interesting, and Jeb was fun, but for the amount of story it could have been half the length.

It was certainly better than Twilight in terms of story, but I found the writing to be just as adverb-happy and meandering.

Re: i personally read it... starnightmuse June 28 2010, 18:35:05 UTC

ah that makes sense ( ... )

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